---
id: 6557e026c053f9c362a1983e
title: Task 31
challengeType: 22
dashedName: task-31
---

<!-- (Audio) James: I can't imagine being so productive even before coming to work! -->

# --description--

Listen to James's statement and identify the use of the verb with `-ing`.

# --fillInTheBlank--

## --sentence--

`I can't imagine _ so productive even before _ to work!`

## --blanks--

`being`

### --feedback--

Use the gerund of the verb `to be`

---
`coming`

### --feedback--

Use the gerund of the verb `to come`

# --scene--

```json
{
  "setup": {
    "background": "company2-breakroom.png",
    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "James",
        "position": {"x":50,"y":15,"z":1.2},
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "2.2-1.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 64.20,
      "finishTimestamp": 67.90
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "James",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "James",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 4.70,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "I can't imagine being so productive even before coming to work.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "James",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 5.20
    }
  ]
}
```
